William D. Butler and Mertie West stand on the sidewalk outside the Butler residence, Napa, 1942

Item Overview

Title

William D. Butler and Mertie West stand on the sidewalk outside the Butler residence, Napa, 1942

Photographer

West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958

Date Created

July 5, 1942

Date

1942-07-05

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

West (H. H.) Collection

Notes

Description

Photograph, from left to right, of William D. Butler and Mertie West standing on the sidewalk outside William Butler's home in Napa. The camera looks down the street. William Butler and Mertie West stand at center and both look to camera. William faces the camera and holds a hat in his hand. Mertie faces towards the left and stands slightly nearer to camera to the right of William. The sidewalk extends back behind them. At right, houses stand in a line and recede into the distance; all face the street at left. To the immediate left of William, a car is parked along the curb. It is in partial view with the side visible and the front end facing towards the back of the image. The street at left stretches from left and back towards the horizon at center. Utility poles line the opposite side of the street and power lines stretch overhead.

Caption

Text from negative sleeve: 1622. Yellowstone trip 1942. Sunday, July 5, 1942. Napa, California. 1. We stop at W.D.Butler's home and Mertie West gets out and meets W.D.Butler. Mrs Butler is at Church. We have dinner here with the Butlers. 2. We leave the Butlers and Napa and drive thru San Francisco, Oakland, San Mateo and down the skyline highway to San Jose, where we stop for the night. Our San Jose cabin. 2 films [Note: In all instances of the year date, 1942, the last digit (2) is handwritten over a typed 3.]

Physical Description

Extent

1 photographic negative

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
black-and-white photographs

Names

West, Mertie Whitaker, 1875-1972
Butler, William Douglas, 1891-1951

Location

California--Napa

Longitude

38.296003

Latitude

-122.289746

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Residential streets--California--Napa
Automobiles--American--California--Napa